Kimiko got an back injury after playing golf at Miami.
She rest for a while and started training in Japan but looks like her back injury came back at some point and couldn't really practice before 50k Gifu.

She thought about withdrawing from Gifu but decided to play which ended up retiring at 2R. KDK had 70pts to protect so I think she pushed herself but failed.
I think she should WD from100k CEZ and try to be healthy at FO.

Good news!!
KDK announced her back injury is getting better and already restarted training and practice. She WD from CEZ 100k so I guess she will only play FO for cray and that's not a bad idea for a long term.

Not sure if Strasbourg is a great idea--hope she doesn't re-injure herself before the French.

Her name is not on the singles entry list so maybe she's playing doubles only for worm up, unless she got a WD.
but playing doubles in MM tourney could end up playing til final so not sure if she could have enough preparation for FO if she stays at Srasboug til Saturday or something.